Archive for October 2016
Mobilizing Rural Investment Capital
The Need for Rural Investment Capital in BC Access to investment capital is crucial to business and economic development anywhere – but is especially important in rural areas. However, research completed by SIBAC and others has noted that it is often difficult to access business financing – and specifically patient equity investment financing – in…
Read MoreNelson — One of the World’s Most Intelligent Cities?
Nelson has just been named one of the most intelligent cities in the world. The Intelligent Community Forum has announced an international shortlist of 21 intelligent cities that recognizes digital innovation — and Nelson, population 10,000, is the smallest to make the list, joining Melbourne, Moscow, and Edmonton as the cities deemed to be best poised…
Read MoreInternational Cooperation Comes to Kamloops!
The BC Council for International Cooperation (BCCIC) warmly has extended an invitation to attend the BC 2030 Meeting on November 21st in Kamloops. The meeting will discuss how the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) link to the work going on in communities across BC, and the opportunities that the SDGs present for political engagement. Over the past year, BCCIC has held roundtable discussions…
Read MoreHealthy Food for Everyone — Is It Possible?
Healthy Food for All? Healthy food for everyone — is it possible? On October 16, World Food Day, BC-based environment organization Wildsight’s Elk Valley Branch presented FOOD for THOUGHT: Food Security For Our Communities – an online event designed to educate, connect & inspire anyone interested in food security. The web-based event brought together thought leaders,…
Read MoreRural Bandwidth + Creative Entrepreneurs = Kootenay Business TV
MOST SMALL towns — let alone tiny villages and rural regions — lack daily newspapers, or radio and television stations. News tends to flow in only one direction in BC — from Vancouver & Victoria out to the rest of us! Well, two new media pioneers — Kerry McArthur and Mark Wolfe — are changing that,…
Read MoreDennis Walker on Rural Internet Radio
Canadian media is becoming increasingly concentrated. A relatively small number of companies control most of Canada’s airwaves. This means most small rural communities lack the meaningful local news and information small-town newspapers and radio stations used to provide. The advent of new & emerging technologies now makes it possible for that to change. It’s possible…
Read MorePremier Clark Appoints Donna Barnett as Minister of State for Rural Economic Development
Premier Christy Clark has announced her intention for Cariboo-Chilcotin MLA Donna Barnett to be sworn in as Minister of State for Rural Economic Development by Her Honour, Lieutenant-Governor Judith Guichon. “Every community in British Columbia benefits when our rural communities are strong,” said Premier Clark. “Donna Barnett is a proven champion for rural development who…
Read MoreFogo Island
In a country full of tiny, remote communities, Newfoundland’s tiny Fogo Island has to rank among the smallest and hardest to get to. Devastated by the collapse of the cod fishery in the 1990s, Fogo today is an inspiring example of how rural communities can be brought back to life. In this video, native Fogo Islander Zita…
Read MoreLocal Agriculture — a Chat With Rob Gay
Rob Gay is both the Area C Director and chair of the Regional District East Kootenay. Rob sits on the board of SIBAC, and through the Association of Kootenay Boundary Local Governments helped organize a recent workshop in Creston on agriculture, titled Healthier & Wealthier Through Food. It was a useful and sometimes thought-provoking day-long…
Read MoreRural Broadband via “Air Fibre — Kaslo InfoNet’s Tim Ryan
Kaslo InfoNet’s Tim Ryan explains how Kaslo’s community non-profit ISP managed to get high-speed fibre to his home office — good news for rural residents of rugged, under-served British Columbia.
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